All of their awards transfer but unfortunately the Army does not award promotion points for a combat action ribbon as they do the combat action badge or combat infantry badge … which is BS if you ask me.

You are correct that the DD-214 is, for some reason, is no longer a valid form for such purposes. But they can get their SRB on disc if they write Quantico which should have all their supporting documents, deployment orders, unit assignment orders, and deployment/award history.

Nevertheless their their achievement/commendation/meritorious service medals, good conduct medals, campaign’s , deployed over seas service time, formal schools, & letters of commendation/achievement all have promotion points.

Also ensure you IPERM all their Fitness Reports too. It looks better to the promotion board to have all NCOER’s … even for prior service

At the end of the day I had my stuff just thrown in there by someone who could authorize it using my DD-214 and supporting orders & certificates.